gau

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See also: Gau, GAU, gấu, gâu, gáu, and ǁgau

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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gau (plural gaus)

  1. (Tibetan Buddhism) A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item.

Etymology 2

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From either Hokkien (kāu, thick) or Teochew (gao6, thick), influenced in spelling by Mandarin Pinyin.

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gau (not comparable)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial, of coffee) Strong (used as a modifier after kopi (coffee)).
    Kopi GauStrong coffee with sugar and condensed milk
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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gau

  1. Alternative form of jow (pre-metric unit of length in India)

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Basque

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Unknown.

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gau inan

  1. night

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French

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gau m (plural gaux)

  1. (slang) louse

Kalo Finnish Romani

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gau m (nominative plural gaave)

  1. village[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Kimmo Granqvist (2002) “Finnish Romani Phonology and Dialect Geography”, in SKY Journal of Linguistics[1], volume 15, Linguistic Association of Finland, archived from the original on January 28, 2022, pages 61-83
  2. ^ Kimmo Granqvist (2011) “Diftongit ja vokaaliyhtymät”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎[2] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 10, 2022, page 5

Further reading

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  • Kimmo Granqvist (2011) “Eräitä keskeisiä äännevaihteluja”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎[3] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 10, 2022, page 12

Lashi

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Lashi cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : gau

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw. Cognates include Nuosu (ggu) and Burmese ကိုး (kui:).

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Numeral

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gau

  1. nine

References

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  • Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University.

Latin

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Etymology

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Poetic clipping of gaudium. Attributed to Ennius (circa 200 BCE) by the poet Ausonius in his catalogue of monosyllabic Latin words, never attested directly.

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gau n (indeclinable) (archaic, poetic, hapax)

  1. Clipping of gaudium (joy).
    • c. 310 CEc. 395 CE, Ausonius, Technopaegnion 144:
      Ennius ut memorat, repleat te laetificum gau.
      As Ennius says, may gladdening joy fill you.

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Indeclinable noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gau gau
Genitive gau gau
Dative gau gau
Accusative gau gau
Ablative gau gau
Vocative gau gau

References

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  • gau”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gau in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • gau” in volume 6, part 2, column 1701, line 34 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Low German

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (sudden, quick), of unknown origin. Cognate with Dutch gauw (quickly), German jäh (sudden, abrupt). More at gay.

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gau

  1. quick

Niuean

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gau

  1. chew

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Old Norse gauð.

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gau n (definite singular gauet, indefinite plural gau, definite plural gaua)

  1. a bark
  2. (collective) barking
  3. noise

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Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian , from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz. More at gay.

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gau

  1. quickly; swiftly
  2. soon; at once

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Celtic *gāwā- (falsehood, lie), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeH₂u- (to be faulty, at fault, lacking). Cognate with Cornish gow, Breton gaou; outside of Celtic, compare Latin haud (scarcely, hardly), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬎 (gau, to commit a sin; to promote).

Adjective

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gau (feminine singular gau, plural geuon, equative geued, comparative geuach, superlative geuaf)

  1. false, fake
    Synonym: ffals
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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gau au ngau unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

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Mutated form of cau (to close).

Verb

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gau

  1. Soft mutation of cau.

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cau gau nghau chau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 154
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 95

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian , from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz.

Adverb

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gau

  1. quickly
    Synonym: rap
  2. soon

Further reading

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  • gau (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011